Shadow of a Quarter Moon

Shadow of a Quarter MoonBy: Eileen Clymer Schwab From the author of Promise Bridge comes a powerful novel of the pre Civil War era South and the Underground Railroad. 1839, North Carolina. As the daughter of a plantation owner, Jacy has been raised in privilege until she discovers that she's the offspring of a dalliance between her father and a slave. The revelation destroys Jacy's sense of who she is and where she belongs in the world. Equally shocking, her biological

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